USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Food Quality U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in United States

Lingling Liu, Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia, is seeking a PhD student to begin in Fall 2027. The opportunity is suited to applicants with academic preparation in materials science, chemistry, crop and soil science, plant pathology , or a closely related discipline. The doctoral research will be situated at the intersection of materials and agricultural or plant-related science, offering an opportunity to develop advanced expertise in a research environment connected with the U...

Fully funded MS/PhD opportunities are available in Food Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for Fall 2027 . The position is in the lab of Zhi Yang , Assistant Professor in Food Chemistry, and the research themes include food rheology , food gels and soft materials , and machine learning for food structure–function relationships . Students with relevant research experience or a strong interest in these areas are encouraged to apply. Funding: The post states that the MS/PhD opportunities...

Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute This postdoctoral opening is in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Texas at Austin, with the work primarily located in Port Aransas, Texas, and occasional travel to Austin. The project focuses on environmental chemistry , microplastics and nanoplastics , plastic weathering, and the environmental processes that degrade plastics photochemically or biologically. The fellow may also work on natural ...

University of Minnesota is hiring a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Northwest Research & Outreach Center in Crookston, Minnesota, United States. This postdoctoral project focuses on seed physiology , preharvest sprouting (PHS) , wheat , and crop quality in Hard Red Spring Wheat. The research aims to improve how PHS is measured, understand how ripe wheat seed absorbs water under controlled temperature and relative humidity conditions, measure GA and alpha-amylases over time, and develop and valida...

Washington State University’s Ganjyal Food Processing Laboratory is seeking five PhD students for research and extension work starting in Spring/Summer/Fall 2027. The opportunity is centered on Food Science , Food Processing , Food Engineering , and related areas such as advanced extrusion processing technology, ingredient functionality, pulses and grains, ingredient fractionation and modification, food product development, and value-added processing of agricultural products. The lab also emphas...